Julian Beever is an English, Belgium chalk artist who has been creating chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphous, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle.
Push the boat out .
Taking the plunge .
The Hosepipe
This Make Poverty History drawing was requested by Live8 to support the pressure campaign on the G8 in Edinburgh. It was done in Edinburgh City Centre.
Here we see the same Make Poverty History drawing from the side : it was 13m (40 feet) long.
Swimming-Pool In The High Street.
Here we see the Swimming-Pool, drawn in Glasgow, Scotland, but viewed from the "wrong" side. These drawings only work from one viewpoint otherwise the image appears strangely distorted.
Pre-modernist and post-modernist.
Girl on a beach mat.
Spiderman to the rescue above and below this London street.
Batman and Robin to the rescue.
This drawing of a Rescue was to be viewed using an inverting mirror.
A Transformers robot leaves the New York subway.
The Portrait Of Diana was made in September 1997 in Londons West End and was shown on TV all over the world. It was featured in The Daily Mirror, The Daily Telegraph and made the front page of The Guardian.
The portrait of Queen Elizabeth I attracted many tourists and shoppers on Oxford Street, London 1999.
Watermill in the spring.
Tea on the lawn.
This Collage of Diana 1 was made of numerous newspaper fragments which include the word Diana.
This Collage of Diana 2 was made of numerous newspaper fragments which show an image of the Princess.
Julian Beever
Julian Beever is an English, Belgium chalk artist who has been creating chalk drawings on pavement surfaces since the mid-1990s. His works are created using a projection called anamorphous, and create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the correct angle.
How the "Pavement Picasso" Does It